Idioms

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under one's belt

Experienced or achieved, as in "Once a medical student has anatomy under her belt, she'll have much less to memorize". This metaphoric expression likens food that has been consumed to an experience that has been digested.

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a nail in the/someone's coffin

Something that makes it more likely that someone or something will fail, be destroyed, etc.

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a dead person would turn in his/her grave

You mean that he/she would be very angry or upset about something.

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to breathe down someone's neck

to watch someone carefully and constantly,
watching someone very closely and checking everything he/she does.

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to wake up on the wrong side of the bed

To be in a particularly and persistently irritable, unhappy, or grouchy mood or state

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the man behind the curtain

A phrase used to describe someone who is in the background secretly plotting and conspiring or also a hypocrite.

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skeletons in the someone's closet

Something bad or embarrassing that happened in someone's past and that is kept secret.

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follow in someone's footsteps

To do the same thing as someone else did previously.

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give someone the cold shoulder

To intentionally ignore someone or treat someone in an unfriendly way

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treat others as you wish to be treated

You should treat others the way you want to be treated yourself

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keep an eye on something/someone

To watch or take care of something or someone

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to be on someone's back

To annoy someone by criticizing them and putting a lot of pressure on them

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breathe down someone's neck

To follow or supervise someone too closely, causing discomfort for that person

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give someone a piece of your mind

To speak to someone in an angry way

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stir excitement

To cause (something, usually something bad or unpleasant) to happen

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roll up your sleeves

To prepare for hard work

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get your hands dirty

To get involved with all aspects of your job, including routine, practical, or more junior work, or dealing with people directly

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take someone's side

To agree with or support one person or group and not another

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hold me back

This phrase is said when a person tries to retaliate at another person who did or said something provocative.

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keep an eye open

To watch with special attention